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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-07-13T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 178
title: "Issue 178: June 29 - July 13, 2023"
---

<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
    <li><a href="#news">Recent News</a></li>
    <li><a href="#events">Upcoming Events</a></li>
    <li><a href="#ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</a></li>
    <li><a href="#proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</a></li>
    <li><a href="#stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</a></li>
    <li><a href="#volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</a></li>
    <li><a href="#support">Support</a></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>XMRig <a href="https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/tag/v6.20.0" target="_blank">v6.20.0</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>P2Pool <a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v3.5" target="_blank">v3.5</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Gupax <a href="https://github.com/hinto-janai/gupax/releases/tag/v1.3.0" target="_blank">v1.3.0</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Stack Wallet <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet/releases/tag/build_181" target="_blank">v1.7.15</a>. Stack Duo <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_duo/releases/tag/build_015" target="_blank">v1.0.10</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user detherminal released monero.go v0.1.1, a new XMR library written in Go. Reddit <a href="https://incogsnoo.com/r/Monero/comments/14t7e0v/monerogo_version_011_released/" target="_blank">thread</a>; <a href="https://github.com/openmonero/libmonero" target="_blank">Repository</a>; <a href="https://github.com/openmonero/libmonero/blob/main/docs/start.md" target="_blank">Docs</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>LocalMonero/AgoraDesk <a href="https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.1.8" target="_blank">v1.1.8</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero contributor rbrunner7 released all XMR-centric short sci-fi stories he has written as an ePUB titled 'The Monero Chronicles' that you can get for free on <a href="https://rbrunner7.github.io/the_monero_chronicles.epub" target="_blank">GitHub</a> or $1 on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB4JTY85" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. Reddit <a href="https://incogsnoo.com/r/Monero/comments/14qlsz1/the_monero_chronicles_my_monero_stories_now/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<h3 id="events">Upcoming Events</h3>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">July 17, 2023 (Monday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Seraphis Wallet Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#no-wallet-left-behind" target="_blank">#no-wallet-left-behind</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#no-wallet-left-behind:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">July 19, 2023 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-research-lab" target="_blank">#monero-research-lab</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-research-lab:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<h3 id="ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</h3>

<p>Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/395" target="_blank">recanman monero jobs website proposal</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/396" target="_blank">Glitter Finance Cross-Chain Privacy Infrastructure with Monero</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/398" target="_blank">XMR Business Wallet Development</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p>Find more <a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/ideas/" target="_blank">here</a>. Posting comments in favor of, or against proposals is encouraged.</p>
</div>

<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/vd-wallet-sdk-android.html" target="_blank">Full-Time 2023 Q3</a> by vtnerd.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>166.42 of 166.95</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/vd-wallet-sdk-android.html" target="_blank">Wallet SDK for Android</a> by valldrac.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>292.41 of 295</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

<h3 id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>

<h4 class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2929101</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.62 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>28.82</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>22744</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 13, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0713.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

<h4 class="stat" id="price-stat">Price & Performance</h4>

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$2,981,740,607</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$173.14</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>07/13/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="07/13/23">$164.22</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-2.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+18.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+35.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="07/13/23">€146.31</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-5.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+13.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+21.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="07/13/23">₿0.00526594</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-5.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-1.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-14.4%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 13, 2023.</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph</p>

![XMR Price Graph 06/29/23-07/13/23](/img/weekly-chart-0713.png "XMR Price Graph 06/29/23-07/13/23")

Sources: <a href="https://miningpoolstats.stream/monero" target="_blank">miningpoolstats.stream</a>; <a href="https://bitinfocharts.com/monero/" target="_blank">bitinfocharts.com</a>; <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/monero" target="_blank">coingecko.com</a>; <a href="https://localmonero.co/statistics" target="_blank">localmonero.co statistics</a>; <a href="https://localmonero.co/blocks" target="_blank">localmonero.co blocks</a>.

<h3 id="volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</h3>

<p>If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren't sure how, check out some volunteer opportunities.</p>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero" target="_blank">Test Monero Core Software</a></p>
    <p>Anyone with moderate technical ability is encouraged to try to build and run Monero nightlies. Do not trust it with your Monero, but feel free to open an Issue on GitHub as problems arise. Instructions to build on your OS of choice can be found <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero" target="_blank">Getting Started with Helping Monero</a></p>
    <p>If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/getting-started-helping-monero.php" target="_blank">this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero</a> from the Monero Outreach Workgroup. </p>
</div>

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